First off I do commend you on your principles and vision Mr Little and totally agree with you in keeping our sovereignty intact. I do not wish to see New Zealand being sold out to the elite. Secondly I totally agree with what Richard has said. I myself am a single mum and have been struggling under the National government to get ahead. like all New…

Hi Andrew, all very well, one point that i miss, and you have been talking about this before, is to support small businesses. And I do not mean businesses with under 200 employees, I mean small, family type businesses like our Bakery or my sons butchery. These kind of businesses used to be the economical backbone of the country. But rising compliance…

Please cut back on the ‘kiwi dream’ rhetoric. It’s too metaphorical and abstract to capture the concrete reality of the specific past achievements and future objectives that define the Labour party. The party’s values and their implementation through particular policies might be better expressed as ‘the New Zealand project’ or ‘kiwi project’.…

Great speech, but a bit big on rhetoric and a bit short on ‘how to’. I am a union supporter from way back, and I want to know how you intend to deal with inequality — will you raise the minimum wage for instance. And what are you going to do about foreign speculators. I like the idea of creating more jobs at home by not just going for the cheapest…

Hi Andrew — Good speech, but like others who have commented here, I want details, not dreams.

Here are some ideas:

Make basic foods GST-exempt. Shift the tax burden on to junk and processed foods instead, and save millions in health care costs as a result.